Tripos

['traɪpɒs] or ['traɪpɑs]

(noun.) final honors degree examinations at Cambridge University.

Editor: Segre--From WordNet

(n.) A tripod.

(n.) A university examination of questionists, for honors; also, a tripos paper; one who prepares a tripos paper.

Edited by Lizzie

n. a university examination for honours at Cambridge: the list of successful candidates in an honours examination at Cambridge: a tripod.

Typist: Shane